#(and see alesha)

[nocturnalazure]

[beast-feast]

Mock-ups I did over the past few days for gits and shiggles :)

[reinabeestudio]

Ok how vague can I be with this 👑💭

[oday-akram]

Don't skip my story please🍉🍉

My name is Oday, and today I stand on the threshold of a new chapter in my life. Just a few days ago, on October 7th, I received my high school diploma. The feeling of pride is indescribable, not just because I completed this stage, but because I did so amidst the daily challenges of living in Gaza.

I would often study by candlelight at night, and sometimes with the sounds of explosions outside. Despite all of that, I had the strength and determination to keep going. I wasn't alone on this journey; my family was always my support, and I could feel my mother's prayers for me.

After receiving my diploma, I started dreaming of seeing my future take shape within the walls of the university, planning to continue my studies and achieve my ambitions. But on October 7th, my university journey came to a halt due to the events that unfolded. It was a sudden and painful stop, forcing me to rethink my path.

Despite the pain and frustration, I realized that this pause is not the end. Life in Gaza may be difficult, but we are used to rising after every fall. I will hold on to hope and my belief that circumstances will change, and I will return to continue my education and fulfill my dreams, even if the wait is long.

The campaign is documented here.

@bixlasagna @everyoneisgay @90-ghost @not-alesha @wellwaterhysteria @norrriey @nyankootaku @nyankootaku @nickwildefan @not-alesha @amvs @alexander @ana-bananya @avacadokin @a-shade-of-blue @gaza-evacuation-funds

[goodboyaudios]

Unwritten Characters #1: Alesha Fulduun

Alesha was a first era Paladin from the Eastern Highlands. While she was not seen officially as a queen, the people who knew of her deeds viewed her as such.

During the Leviathan attacks, Alesha single-handedly conquered the Eastern Highlands, adopting all of it's people into the first clan of New Tennessee, Clan Fulduun.

Although she was a driving force of peace during a time of hysteria, the Triad viewed her as a possible threat to their regime.

At the end of the attacks, the Triad sent out a private invitation to Alesha, asking her to a dinner, where they might discuss talks of unity for a brighter future.

Alesha was wary of the Triad, not wanting to trust this new faceless entity, but she also didn't want to create new threats for her people.

She asked the Triad to postpone meetings for 2 years and establish a neutral zone while she thought things through.

In reality, she wanted to spend time with her newlywed husband and unborn child before diving headfirst into something that might severely hurt her and her people.

While she enjoyed the time they had, the lingering day of her meeting with the Triad was ever-looming.

Fearing for what was to come, she reached out to the Landstar. She didn't agree with the Landstar's principals of justice, but she did know that there was no better place for a child to live.

In secret, she approached Rion and told him to take her child, but to her dismay, he refused. The Landstar was not a place to dump children and he shamed her for doing such a thing.

Alesha knew what she was doing was wrong, but she also knew in her heart that with the way New Tennessee was changing, it was no place for her child. She couldn't bare to see her baby grow up in the world she might leave behind.

The thought of this tortured Alesha and she became desperate, begging Rion to take the baby. Her only request of doing so being that the child will never suffer the burden of the why and where.

Rion thought for a moment and offered Alesha a deal. He would take the baby, in exchange, he would make the child a Star Captain. He would cut the baby's bloodline away from the parents and adopt the child into a new family. One that exists to protect the universe and all it's inhabitants.

Alesha, not fully understanding what this meant, accepted without a second thought.

She went back to New Tennessee where she finally met with the Triad. After all she'd gone through, she ended up making a few mistakes with her negotiations. She unprofessionally called the Triad out for being more oppressive than the Landstar ever could be, which was a founding reason as to why the Paladins existed.

This blunder in brazen behavior would lead the Triad to kill Alesha before she returned to the Eastern Highlands, but not before making it look like an act of terrorism, martyring Alesha by naming their orbiting star after her and lying about her accepting the merge between the occupied lands of the current Paladin King Wallace Yore and the Eastern Highlands.

Alesha's husband, who's name is lost to time, was hunted by the Triad for inciting rebellion and calling out the falsehoods of the Triad. He and his followers have since been driven into hiding and then further into myth under the mantle of "The Ghost Tribe".

[theloveoffootball10]

sᴛɪᴄᴋᴡɪᴛᴜ - ᴛ ʜ ɪ ʀ ᴛ ʏ ғ ᴏ ᴜ ʀ

s e r i e s m a s t e r l i s t / c o m p l e t e m a s t e r l i s t

ᴛ ʜ ɪ ʀ ᴛ ʏ ғ ᴏ ᴜ ʀ

Walking into the paddock I make my way straight to McLaren. I already know Lando is there with the team and before I confront Alesha I need to see him. I didn't bother coming to the track yesterday, media days aren't for me when I'm somewhere like Abu Dhabi and I get the chance to relax by a pool before the madness of race weekend.

I get a few strange looks as I walk into McLaren which is understandable considering the Aston Martin green jersey I'm wearing with Alonso printed on the back but I don't care, Abu Dhabi weekends are all about supporting my dad for me and that means wearing his merch for three days straight. Seeing Lando towards the back of the room I throw my handbag onto a random table as I practically run at him. Sensing what I'm about to do Lando opens his arms as I run into them wrapping my arms around his neck kissing him. I kiss him with such force it may as well be a Glasgow kiss.

"Whoa are you okay?" Lando asks pulling way as breathless as I am. I ignore the wolf whistles and cheers from everyone behind us, this for me is about Lando no one else.

"I don't need time to think. I love you so much, you're the love of my life and I don't want to do life without you" I have to get my thoughts off my chest before Lando gets into the car for practice "you make me feel things I didn't know were possible and the thought of life without you makes me not want to go on. Lando I love you and I could never love anyone the way I love you"

"Baby that's all I wanted to hear. I can't tell you how much I love you because it won't ever be enough. To be able to call you mine again is all I could ask for"

"I never stopped being yours Lando" kissing Lando I run my fingers through his curls "I have to go and kick some arse but just so my boyfriend knows, I'm wearing his favourite orange underwear"

"Lucía you can't say that now" Lando groans holding me close to him "I can't wait until I have you alone again. It's been a long few weeks"

"Patience is a virtue babe. Good luck in practice" kissing Lando I pull away smirking as I grab my handbag and make my way to the media pen. I know the drivers aren't there but I'm meeting Chelsea there.

I have it all planned what I want to say to Alesha, I don't know if it will come out that way once I'm face to face with her but I have to confront her regardless. I was irrational when everything first happened but now I have a clear explanation I can look at this whole situation in a different light.

"Are you ready for this?" Chelsea asks as she hands me a fresh bottle of water "do you know if she's passed anything to her friend?"

"I have no idea but if I find out she has, I'll not stop until she is nowhere near anyone in Formula One"

"Lucía you do know if anything comes out about you, I'm going to make sure it's covered. I know your dad doesn't want anything bad out there about you and if anything comes out about Lewis I'll have that gone before she can even repost it" I know Chelsea will always have my back, I've never been in the press much but I know Chelsea is always aware of what is being posted.

"I'm so grateful my dad and I have you Chelsea. You're like the big sister I never had" as long as Chelsea has been part of my dad's team I've felt supported by her, my dad trusts her and she truly is one of the family. As we reach the media pen I see Alesha sat to one side of the room flicking her hair over her shoulders, every move she makes annoys me. I want to rip her head off, my anger levels are irrational when I see her "I need a word with you" I say stopping dead in front of Alesha. I have no time for pleasantries with her.

"I don't think there's anything I can do for you Lucía. It's the drivers I'm here for"

"Don't act the fool with me. I know exactly what you did. If you ever try to blackmail my boyfriend over completely false accusations ever again I'll out you to every single person at this race track you won't know what has hit you" my blood is boiling with Alesha's smug face in front of me and Chelsea knows it, unsure of what I may do I feel Chelsea grab my arm gently to hold me back.

"I don't know what false accusations you're talking about. I've only ever shared what is true"

"You know as well as I do what I'm talking about. Tell your so called friend that there's nothing between me and Lewis. There never has been and there never will be. He's like family to me and I won't have you bringing him down with you. He wouldn't respond to your bull shit but I'm telling you stay away"

"You're doing yourself no favours Alesha" Chelsea adds knowing I want to handle this myself but ready to jump in at any point.

"You do realise the photos I have a of a very close cuddle between you and Lewis" Alesha says with a cocky grin on her face.

"Something that has been photographed for years! I've tried to be as nice as I can be about this but it's like talking to a brick wall" I'm getting frustrated, Alesha clearly sees no wrong in her behaviour "You do this, you don't just attempt to ruin me and Lando; you also ruin Lewis. A man who is completely innocent in this all because you can't have my boyfriend. Let's be honest though he isn't going to be interested in you when you're a sly, conniving little bitch. Now if you'd kindly like to fuck off, leave me alone and stay away from my boyfriend or you might find yourself at your local job centre come Monday morning because no one in this world wants to be around a devious backstabber" walking away from Alesha I'm completely done with her. I never want to have a conversation with her again.

I know Lando won't be able to avoid her due to her job but he's definitely realised he needs to be wary of her. Walking back to the garage I thank Chelsea for having my back. In a world full of so many male egos it's nice to have that female energy.

As I prepare to leave the track I feel my phone vibrate with a text from Lando. He's asked if I want to get some food with him and after our performance in the garage, I want to see him away from the track. Deciding I don't want something over the top that will draw attention to us I ask Lando to find somewhere quite that the paparazzi won't find us, to which he agrees thankfully however not surprising. I know how deeply private Lando can be when he wants to be.

"What's with the beard or attempted beard?" I ask looking over the table at Lando. There's something about nights like this when Lando just seems so boyfriend. It's hard to explain but he feels like home.

"It kind of started as my depressed beard when I didn't have you" seeing the flash of guilt cross Lando's face I need to change that. My intention is never to make him feel bad.

"It makes you look fit" I say with a shrug.

"As my girlfriend do you not think I look fit without it?" Lando asks with a laugh throwing a chip at me across the table.

"Yeah but you look fitter with it. I like the rough and rugged look on you" I say biting my lip as I look Lando dead in the eye.

"You're unbelievable. I have a question for you"

"Which is?"

"Are you still in orange?" I need no explanation from Lando, I know what he’s talking about. I don’t say anything, I just pull the front of my top down slight just enough for Lando to see the orange lace of my bra "you need to follow me" without another word Lando gets up from the table making his way to the back of the restaurant and I can't help but follow him when I realise he’s made his way to the toilets.

"Are we really doing this?" I ask with a hint of amusement in my voice.

"As long as you want to I just don't think I can wait to get you back to one of our hotels" with Lando words aren’t needed. He can read me like a book, instead I pull Lando closer by the strings on his hoodie before kissing him "Tell me you want me as much as I want you Lu" I wink at Lando before slipping my hand into his joggers, stroking his shaft through the fabric of his boxers.

I hear Lando moan in pleasure, and I know he can't take the teasing, as he pulls me into his arms. Letting him take control, he guides me backwards until my back hits the stall and he locks the door behind us. I can't hold back my moan as he kisses my neck, his name the only thing capable of leaving my lips right now.

My whole body is on edge tingling with excitement. It's been weeks since I felt him like this, now I'm just waiting for his hand to finish sliding down my waist. When it finally settles between my thighs, I know I'm going to get exactly what I want from him.

He slips his hand into my underwear, his middle finger slowly circling around my entrance before he slowly starts thrusting his finger in and out, then adding a second, leaving me begging for more.

"Please, Lando. I need you so bad I can't wait" I moan out softly. I can't imagine how fucked we'd be if we got caught like this especially being in Abu Dhabi but my need for Lando outdoes any level of risk "I need you to fuck me"

My words are all it takes. In seconds he tears down my underwear and lines himself up with my entrance. As he pushes himself inside of me, I dig my nails into his biceps already knowing he'll be left with marks.

Every thrust from Lando makes me clench harder around him. His pace quickens, leaving both of us moaning into each other's mouth as he covers me in desperate kisses. It's passionate and rough but amplifies just how much we need each other.

"Lando, I think I'm going to..." He continues thrusting at the same pace hitting just the right spot, I can't even get my words out I'm so breathless. Within seconds, I collapse into his arms from the intensity of my orgasm. I try to hold back for Lando's sake but there's no chance of it happening.

Lando lets me ride out my orgasm before he lets go, groaning loudly as he reaches his climax. For a few seconds, we stand in the stall not moving as we both try to regain control over our breathing.

"You're fucking incredible Lucía baby and you're all mine. I don't ever want to lose you" Lando whispers to me tucking my hair behind my ear.

"You're never going to lose me Lando” this man has became part of me and I already know I can’t live without him. I’ve tried and failed. He is my future.

esmelucia

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esmelucia my Abu Dhabi date is better than yours 🤎 (fast food was his choice not mine)

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user942 so happy you're back to posting Lando again 😍

↪️ user356 no one can keep them apart they're so good together!

landonorris it all lies "Lando all I can think about is chicken nuggets"

↪️ esmelucia not me 😇

↪️ landonorris we both know that halo would come off as quick as your underwear

↪️ esmelucia that might work if I was wearing any

↪️ landonorris coming to find you right now

↪️ esmelucia you don't need to find me you already know my room number just like you know you can find my underwear in your front left pocket 🤷🏼‍♀️

user256 their flirty banter in the comments is back!

↪️ user692 all is right is the world

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[magic-the-girlbossing]

THE MULTIVERSAL GIRLBOSS COMPETITION RETURNS

Over a year ago we all gathered to pit the girlbosses of the Magic: the Gathering multiverse against each other. But since that time, the girlboss landscape has rapidly changed. New candidates have arisen from nothing, and old candidates have reappeared and seemingly deepened their girlbossitude.

Today marks the beginning of a NEW girlboss bracket, to pit the girlbosses of today against those of yesteryear. This will be a poll bracket, organized mostly like last year. The first few rounds' matchups will be posted hourly eight times a day, and the winner of the popular vote will continue on to the next round.

There are some differences from last year though! First and perhaps more obvious is that this year we only have 64 entrants. Last year we held a bracket of 128, but I found that (with a few exceptions) most of the characters who were eliminated in round 1 last year were not strong candidates and that a smaller bracket would be more interesting. Additionally, all of the top 8 candidates from last year, (Vraska, Alesha, Liliana, Teysa, Nahiri, Emrakul, Ashnod, and Marchesa) are ineligible from competition! At the end of this bracket, our new top 8 will face off against our current top 8 to see who really has what it takes.

Anyway, here is the bracket:

Seeding for this bracket is largely based on how many people submitted them in this year's preliminary submissions. For instance, Seven people submitted Rowan Kenrith, so she receives first seeding. Most of these characters only receieved one submission though, so the rest are largely random, though there were a few manual changes made to make the bracket more interesting.

Round one will begin on Monday, July 29th at 10:00 AM Eastern Time. I hope to see you all at the polls.

[endofradio]

NSFW HEADCANONS: HERR KÖNIG (CUCKOO)

honorable mention tags go to @trelaney @lokidoki9 @not-alesha and @hesawifebeaterdanusethegun 😋

likes comments and reblogs appreciated 🙏 trying to carry this fandom on my shoulders fr fr. also it’s crazy how people keep sleeping on könig like Hellooooo he deserves the same amount of attention longlegs is getting if not more /lh

PRAISE KINK!!!

Breeding kink but I feel like this is extremely obvious.

He’d be obsessed with the idea of you having his children. 💀 Okay buddy. Probably would go the artificial-insemination-via-cuckoo route. But normal pregnancy would be nice.

Sex on a frequent basis even when you’ve conceived until he knows for sure you’re pregnant. Gotta make sure, right? 🤷

Hoooolllyyyy shit. German dirty talk. Or just. German pillow talk. Speaking in German in general. German pet names etc etc. Bonus points if the reader, OC whatever isn’t fluent in German. He’d use that to his advantage.

Basically in other words: voice kink.

Yeah this guy has a lot of kinks.

There’s this one post I saw that went something like “eating you out while you’re ovulating so I can taste you at every stage of your biology” and like. Yeah that’s könig to a T.

His eating out game goes crazy.

Bit of a choking kink??? Maybe???

He’s got big hands and he’s going to use those to his advantage. Especially if reader/OC is shorter and smaller than him. Teehee.

Totally hasn’t memorized reader/OC’s cycle so he knows when they’re ovulating. Totallyyyy. Anyways.

Major claiming kink. His devotion is intense and not pretty. He needs you to remember that you’re his like it’s common knowledge. Something you don’t even need to think about it’s just something you Know. Wants you to smell like him. Hickies on your skin. You see what I’m getting at.

Mirror sex if he’s feeling particularly spicy.

Bit of a degradation kink. In German too.

Huehehehrhehhehe. Car sex.

He’s a power play kind of guy also because he’s emotionally stupid as hell. Not fond of being vulnerable. So he likes to fuck with his clothes on while you’re naked. Obsessed with that sense of power.

And he sure as hell loves giving commands. Telling you to get on your knees. Telling you to take your clothes off.

He’d like to watch you touch yourself. Haven’t done it before? It’s fine, he’ll… teach you.

If the orgasm is that good he might bite down on your neck a bit. Maybe so hard that a little blood is drawn.

Call him Leonard DiCaprio with the way he probably has a thing for 20-something-year- olds. Bro is the sugar daddy who keeps showing up in your dms. (I need to kill myself.)

Likes his dick getting sucked. Makes you swallow that shit too. Holds you down. Admires you when you pull away and your face is a mess.

Corruption kink. If you’re a virgin he’s going to be having a field day with that.

Overstimulation kink need I say more

Orgasm denial! Need I say more

He’s also a god at fingering.

Makes you lick your mess off his fingers afterwards. Or perhaps he’d do it himself. Savoring the taste.

Say his name during sex and he’s a goner.

Snarling/growling. Swearing.

For a man his age he’s got stamina. No need for Viagra. (I need to stop.)

Hear me out. soft dom könig.

Though he can definitely be a little more aggressive if/when he wants to be.

Favorite body part has to be tits. Not really picky though.

Very serious during sex.

Also a huge tease.

BODY WORSHIP!!! Adoring every single inch of you. No need to be shy with him. You’re insecure? Not to worry.

When he has the patience for foreplay he’s a god at it.

Once he’s comfortable enough to be vulnerable he’d make the most exquisite toe-curling love to you.

While aftercare isn’t something he normally does, he’s capable of it if he tries. And it’s nice. Bathing you washing your hair (now I’m picturing that scene from Secretary lmfao). Also the idea of him holding you and quietly shushing you while you’re overwhelmed and trembling.

The guy’s got a thing for pet names in general. Especially “my angel” and its variations.

He’d never admit it but his “dark” secret is that he’s actually needy as hell. What childhood trauma and overall lack of love does to a mf. If you’re affectionate with him during sex then he’s a goner.

[superlativesloth]

Yas queen slay! slay! SLAY YOUR ENEMIES!

So happy to see alesha again

[witchyfoxelf]

my top 10 favorite new commanders from 2024

as we wrap up the year, i wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of my favorite new cards of the year! notably, i'm only going to be considering commanders i actually built or at least theorycrafted. i do tend to at least theorycraft anything that really catches my eye, but this list is going to be heavily weighted towards what i personally enjoy playing rather than what might broadly be considered the “best” or most powerful commander.

10. (tie) kellan the kid & yuma proud protector

i agonized over this last cut for a while, i even looked really hard at the rest of the list just to make sure i wasn't being too precious about any of the other commanders, but in the end this is just a straight-up tie between my two favorite cards from outlaws of thunder junction. (ok, yuma is technically from the commander set not the main set. shush. you know what i mean.)

these two are also notable for being in my two favorite color identities, bant (the color identity i currently associate myself with the most) and naya (the color identity i used to associate myself with the most). and for both being led by characters i loved from the official story. (maybe you can read about that in a forthcoming post! who can say?)

 lands are my favorite card type by a pretty wide margin so a lands-matter commander like yuma is always going to get my attention. kellan, on the other hand, is just a fun commander who cares about casting spells from places other than your hand. he encourages unique play patterns (one of my favorite things a commander can do), and he made me look at a lot of cards i wouldn't really have considered in most decks.

9. the infamous cruelclaw

if mere power alone were my primary consideration, cruelclaw would be at or near the top of my list. i like to tell people that selesnya is my guild and rakdos is the guild i flirt with at parties in hopes they'll take me home & leave me with some hot bruises, and perhaps nowhere is that better illustrated than in my ninth favorite new commander of the year.

ok, let's get this out of the way. this weasel is hot. i mean, just look at him. and he's a sadist on top of that??? genuinely unfair, wizards. y'all knew exactly what you were doing.

as for how he plays, clearly he is quite a bit spikier than most of the commanders i build. you're just looking to connect with him once and then cast bonkers value for free. imagine a turn 3 eldrazi titan or sheoldred. yeah, oof.

cruelclaw is a kill-on-sight commander, and it's pretty rare for me to go into a game wanting to establish myself as the archenemy on turn 0, so it keeps him from being much higher on this list. but he's also a character who is so pretty he makes me dumb and a commander that emcorages a very unique, very fun (for the person playing him) play pattern, so there was just no way i was leaving him off my list of favorite new commanders of the year.

8. alesha who laughs at fate

speaking of how rakdos is the guild i flirt with at parties, why hello magic's first canonical trans woman (and star of a lot of people's favorite mtg story of all time) appearing on your second card ever! i built old/mardu alesha into probably the most cedh-adjacent deck i've ever built, and she's a beast. capable of winning (or at least knocking one player out) out of literally nowhere. as much as i love the character and as proud as i was of the deck, i very quickly felt like i got as much out of it as i really could, so i'm really happy to see one of my favorite characters of all time get a less powerful but still very fun card.

reanimator is not an archetype i build very often, but i really like the design of this version of alesha. her raid trigger is essentially a drastically less broken version of her old card's reanimator effect. for instance, she doesn't enable the master of cruelties combo that is capable of one-shotting an opponent out of nowhere. but she's still a value engine of a commander who encorages you to swing in every turn, which is just an incredible translation of lore to game mechanics.

also i know this is the gameplay list not the story list, but i'm a vorthos so any list i make is gonna be at least a little bit vorthosy. and i just gotta say, the clues that alesha is somehow still going to be alive when we go back to tarkir thanks to some timey wimey shenanigans are really starting to pile up, and i am so ready to be right about a tin foil hat theory i've had since march of the machine for the absolute dumbest reasons.

7. thurid mare of destiny

i built this one for my boyfriend, not myself, but it's so great to finally have a deck that can unite all the horse girl creature types and the end result is dang fun to play. forget clunky lifegain & +1/+1 counter synergies, how about getting a copy of every single horse, unicorn, or pegasus you cast? i'm a sucker for kindred decks, but thurid brings something genuinely unique to the table for some of the game's most neglected creature types.

6. baylen the haymaker

i love token decks, but it's hard to do much better than my beloved cadira caller of the small as a token commander. fortunately baylen goes about being a token commander much differently than cadira and many other token enablers. rather than simply trying to flood the board with a lethal bunny army (in fact, he doesn't even generate tokens himself or amplify other ways of generating tokens), baylen gives you ways to capitalize on the tokens on your board to generate resources. tapping two untapped tokens gets you a mana of any color, three draws you a card, and four gives your bunny boy commander a +1/+1 counter and trample.

cadira is arguably my best deck, and  even the clunkiest build of them threatens to steamroll decks of theoretically similar power levels thanks to the inherent snowball effect of their triggered ability. i like playing them at a stronger power level because opponents usually have the boardwipes and other ways of dealing with their adorable but deadly bunny army to keep the game fun & balanced.

baylen can absolutely be built to be a beast of a deck, but you can also build him to play against precons & battlecruiser decks like i did. that kind of versatility, plus the fact that the game's designers are still able to find new design space in an archetype that's been around for literal decades, makes baylen one of my favorite new commanders of 2024.

5. delney streetwise lookout

first of all i feel personally attacked by the fact that this card dropped this year. karlov manor feels like it was years-plural ago, not at the beginning of this one.

i love building monocolor because the manabase doesn't bankrupt you and there are so many interesting cards that only make sense in a monocolor deck. i loved building delney specifically because it gave me a reason to look at basically every single white creature with a power less than or equal to 2, and because they're a canonical enby whose entire vibe is just so effortlessly cool.

and who doesn't love getting to say “trigger, trigger” every time an ability triggers because it's happening twice?

4. helga skittish seer

ok yeah ok fine this is a vorthos list, i'm sorry, every list i make is secretly a vorthos list. but if you've read the bloomburrow story and don't think helga is the best character ever, i just don't know what to tell you. (and if you haven't read the bloomburrow story, i know exactly what to tell you: go read the bloomburrow story!)

helga was a very fun deck to build because her entire deal is basically “if you aren't a ramp spell or an expensive creature, i don't want you in this deck.” pretty straightforward! she's also in my colors, and to reiterate she's a wonderful bean and i would protect her with my life.

3. ms. bumbleflower

i love so many things about this commander and the kind of deck she wants you to build around her. the entire idea of group hug decks is wonderful (though i had to make some pretty major changes to the precon to make it actually a group hug deck), and i take some genuine pride in the fact that i simply would not have been able to pilot this deck effectively a couple years ago.

2. voja jaws of the conclave

a commander for two of my favorite types? in one of my favorite color combinations? with very strong story connections to my guild? wizards, you shouldn't have!

look, i know some folks are salty about voja's perceived power level, but seriously please calm down all the way down? he's a 5 mana commander who doesn't do anything until you untap with him. he's not getting played at cedh tables. and if you don't find the idea of a wolf bossing a bunch of elves around hilarious, i kind of don't want to be friends.

1. dionus elvish archdruid

as awesome of a commander as dionus is, there is a world in which they* didn't even make this list instead of being on top of it. 

i'm an elf player, so as soon as dionus was previewed, i knew i needed them. but i already have so many great elf commanders i was thinking of them in the 99 of one of my decks, not the head of their own. what kept  them from sharing the fate of the year's other exciting new mono green elf legendary (eladamri korvecdal) was exactly one letter: u (for uncommon).

for those who don't know why that's significant, that makes them a valid commander for pauper commander. and folks, they are busted in pauper commander. but what makes them my favorite new commander of 2024 is they are the elfiest elf that ever elfed. they reward you for tapping creatures? are you serious? how did we not think of this until now? elves get tapped so often you'd better take them out for dinner first. i'd be jealous if i weren't an elf! what an absolutely perfect concept for an elf commander, and that's why dionus elvish archdruid is my favorite new commander of 2024.

*dionus has exactly zero lore that isn't flavor text attribution, so i have no idea what their pronouns are.)

[scream4ash]

tw 4 addiction, talks of self harm, talks of disordered eating, mental illness, self destructive tendencies, just overall me being a piece of shit.

hey, guys. ash here. i guess i wanna apologize for just dissapearing. when i had originally started posting, and decided i was going to be a writer i was sober, n in a better headspace. since then i have relapsed, n fallen into the cycle of addiction n destruction n just overall have not been in a good place.

i have struggled with substance abuse since i was around 13, mainly being alcohol or weed due to easy access. more recently in january of this year i had started abusing antihistamines. that way, i could tell myself it was just medicine, there was no harm in what i was doing. for those of you who don’t know, antihistamines are anti-allergy meds.

on march 17, i had overdosed. my girlfriend had found me on my bedroom floor seizing out. i was brought to the hospital via ambulance, n released the same day. i would love to say i stopped, n i realized the way im going would kill me, but i didnt. i had overdosed again 8 days later. this time when i was brought in to the er i was put on suicide watch. then i wouldve denied any attempts at harming myself, but deep down i didnt care the outcome. though im just now realizing i never really cared about what’d happen to me, but i think part of me always knew. i knew the consequences, i decided that god shall decide my fate.

i was then transferred from the er to a psychiatric unit where i was treated for depression n bipolar disorder.

when i was released a week later i decided it would be a new chapter. i had gotten a job, i was sober, n most importantly people saw me.

that lasted for around two months. the euphoria i felt had all come crashing down. i had slowly rejoined the forgotten, my own friends forgetting about me. i had fell back into isolation n self-hatred. i was fading out again, n no one noticed. no one noticed when i had started skipping meals, or the way my body physically could not allow itself to keep a single bite of food down, or the lack of sleep, even the empty look in my eyes. i have yet again fallen into the hand of addiction, seeking comfort from what i know is no longer there, what may have never been there in the first place. i have barely left my house, only going outside to walk my dog. i can no longer recognize who i see in the mirror. more recently i havent even been able to get out of bed to go to work.

i feel the need to clarify that i am 19 years old, the life i am living is not the life to live. i am actually all alone in the world. guys, if u, or a friend, or a parent, or a loved one, hell even ur worst enemy. if anyone u know, or may know of is struggling with addiction, let them know you are there. let them know that you havent gave up, youre still fighting for them. if ur thinking about trying drugs, or alcohol, hell even weed. don’t. take it from me. dont.

i havent been very active on here, n i am sorry. i am going to reopen my requests and start posting short works/blurbs. i will also get to the requests in my inbox, n those will be filled as blurbs. again, i’m sorry 4 bailing on you guys.

also so super sorry for the sob story, idk. kinda feels good to get this shit of my chest. idk, makes me feel like u guys know me kinda.

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tried to tag all of my followers, or as many that it’d tag. idk, i really want this to be seen.

[wifelinkmtg]

Yeah alright let’s talk Tarkir

Getting this out of the way: I do not care about Alesha, so if you were coming here ready to hear anything about the first-ever transgender girl out of Magic*, sorry to disappoint.

Actually, yeah, I’m gonna talk about this for a little bit. I understand Alesha means a lot to some people, and I’m not saying they’re wrong to feel that way. I’m sure there are people who had to fight to make Alesha openly & canonically trans, and I’m not saying that this was meaningless, wasted effort. It’s nice to be able to point to someone and say, see, there’s a place for people like me here. I was excited about it at the time and I wasn’t even into Magic back then.

But like c’mon, y’all, she’s not really a character, right? She gets one story, the thrust of which is, “this character is trans, and that’s basically fine.” Alesha exists to be part of the banner image of the internal WotC LGBT employees’ monthly newsletter. She exists to be the discord avatar for every third trans girl into Magic. She exists so a massive corporation can point to her as evidence that they care in some nebulous way about trans people, and she costs slightly less than paying someone to, say, actually moderate the hate speech comments on their vids of Autumn Burchett’s pro tour games.

All of which is to say, they don’t actually care. You know this. Individual staff, writers, artists - sure, but they’re not the ones who make the final decisions. And you and I deserve better from our stories, and we’re never going to get that from fucking Hasbro, right?

So here’s my pitch: seek out actual queer stories, and I’m not talking about contemporary YA shit with a marketing budget. For readers of this specific blog I’d recommend looking up “Attack Helicopter” by Isabel Fall (you should still be able to find it online). Stories where the texture and structure of thought are queer and trans are revelatory. You don’t need to beg for crumbs from a megacorp’s table.

ANYWAY, COMMA,

welcome to Tarkir! There used to not be dragons here, but now there are. In either timeline, everyone is locked in a brutal, unending struggle of clan-against-clan, so thanks, Sarkhan? Yeah, no, I hear you, it’s definitely different now. Yeah, and better. Yeah, because of the...yeah, because there’s dragons now, right. No, you did great, buddy. You really, uh, made a difference.

JESUS, IS HE CRYING? GET ME OUT OF HERE PLEASE

Monastery Swiftspear (art by Steve Argyle)

I’ve come to think of the current era of MtG art (let’s arbitrarily say from Kaladesh block to the present) as the “Magali Villeneuve era”, and if I’m being totally honest, I kind of hate it. Everything is technically competent, clearly lit, and immaculately detailed. Everyone has amazing cheekbones. It is so, so boring. I’m not at all saying she’s a bad artist! Sometimes, as with Kaldheim, she is very nearly the only person in a set making good art. I’ve featured her work on here many, many times.

What I am saying is that her work always has this, like, objectivity to it that feels detached and even alienating, like we’re looking at these characters through a powerful telescope. There’s no stylization, and dare I say no style.

The reason I bring her up in a set in which I will not be reviewing her work (sorry, Narset fans), is that Steve Argyle makes for an interesting comparison. They are to my untrained eye very similar artists: the sharp linework, the combination of dynamics and detachment. The major difference is that Steve’s art is substantially hornier and substantially male-gazier.

And goddammit, at least that’s something.

I HAVE THIS OPINION BECAUSE I’M A BAD FEMINIST. AND I DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED ABOUT IT

Unyielding Krumar (art by Viktor Titov)

I’m not sure why Viktor made this orc look like a ripped lizard man. None of the other orcs in this block look like this. Maybe he thought “krumar” was a species of lizard folk, when in point of fact a krumar is, checks notes, an orphan of the Mardu raised by the Abzan who killed their parents in a twist of worldbuilding regrettably reminiscent of a strategy used in real-world genocides. Whoops!

Anyway, big arms. Lizard person. Sorry about your family.

WIZARDS STAY CLASSY I GUESS

Ire Shaman (art by Jack Wang)

Yeah, see, extremely not a lizard.

We’re not going to talk about armor practicality because that is very much beside the point, but we were all thinking it, and I want to acknowledge that before moving onto saying nice things about what all the leather bands are doing for her arms, and what this lamellar bustier is doing for her tits.

YEAH I KNOW WHAT LAMELLAR IS. PRETTY HOT, RIGHT

Den Protector (art by Viktor Titov)

I am not immune to mothers, nor women in furs, and I’m especially not immune to women with big two-handed weapons (in either sense, I suppose.) I really like the sense of motion in this picture, and the dynamic thrust of the landscape behind her, and... hm. Is her right-hand grip reversed from what it should be? Dammit, that’s going to bother me.

I LIKE MY WOMEN TO HAVE BETTER GRIP TECHNIQUE IS ALL I’M SAYING

Wandering Champion (art by Willian Murai)

I am trying really, really hard not to date myself by a reference to a shitty 20-year-old flash animation. Anyway! she has flexibility, power, and isn’t afraid of a little viscera now and again. All excellent qualities.

I AM HONESTLY EXERCISING IMMENSE SELF-RESTRAINT HERE

Sultai Flayer (art by Izzy)

Sorry, do you not want a forty-foot androgyne snake person to remove your skin with tender, agonizing slowness? Are you lost?

WHY DON’T YOU MARRY YOUR SKIN IF YOU’RE SO GODDAMN ATTACHED TO IT. PUSSY.

Highspire Mantis (art by Igor Kieryluk)

I did the mantis bit in my Battle for Zendikar post, but I thought I’d actually dig into what the appeal is here: raptorial forelimbs. The inescapable, serrated hold of something that could slice you open as easy as thinking, but hasn’t yet. The smoothness of chitin, hard without being inflexible. The many strange articulations. And then either you make out or it eats your head, and it is not up to you which.

WHEN WILL WIZARDS GIVE US THE MANTIS-FUCKER REPRESENTATION WE DESERVE. ROSEWATER’S SILENCE ON THIS ISSUE IS DEAFENING.

Alright, that’s Tarkir down! Who knows what’s next? Probably a very cranky explanation of what fiction is and why it’s okay to like fictional bad guys (it’s because they’re not real.) At first I thought that was going to be a more interesting topic, but the more I think about it the more it seems like it’s...really not. I can have fun with it, though! Thanks for reading, and I’ll see y’all next time.

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*the first-ever transgender girl out of Magic/had to settle on a name/and the top three contenders after weeks of debate/were Alesha/and Shensu/and the Kolaghan Bomber

[iridescentholly]

MTG recently introduced it's first canonical transmasc character (Yuma) and seeing as we already have a transfem character (Alesha) we can conclude future trans characters should also have a 3 colour identity including red and care about the graveyard.

[pluralwives]

A small vent post...

Tw, self harm

So like...

Today I tried to watch the new episode of Dungeon Meshi... But I kinda didn't want to...

Like... I've been obsessed with Farcille fan art! Not only do I love them but also... I kinda... Know where the story was heading...

And I just didn't want to see...

Falin and Marcille were happy

I was happy

I wanted things to stay that way

I was scared stuff would...

So I watched the episode

And Falin started screaming, and she hurt her brother, and Marcille was covered in blood and started laughing AND I JUST COVERED MY EYES I TURNED OFF THE TV AND STARTED CRYING...

And it's not like I usually have these kind of reactions, I've watched death note and witch from mercury I'm ok with blood and loud noises...

So I don't know what the fuck happened to me

But I kinda had this feeling before

A lot stronger

It was when I watched Nimona

That scene with Nimona and the statue...

I remember having felt pain like hers before and seeing it again hurt me so much again!

I cried so much after that movie I just hugged my wife and didn't let go for a few hours...

Maybe it's the same reaction

Idk

When I saw Nimona I saw this raw feeling that I had lived through...

I have a... I've harmed myself before

I don't want to say I hate myself for it

I was going through something hard and I just wished I could help that younger version of me

But there's this fear of knowing that you're capable of doing that to yourself...

...

...

And I just felt so afraid after the movie...

And I just remembered the reasons I did it and I started spiraling into depressive throughts and I couldn't stop it...

...

And rn I can't sleep...

I didn't cry after the episode but... It's like this feeling took time to bloom

I'm trying to sleep and I just tried to know what I'd felt... And I'm crying again...

Sometimes

I've heard before idk where I wish I knew

I've heard someone say that there's representation that's just too traumatic for the viewer

Like to relive that stuff

I bet the creator of Nimona just wanted to be seen and connect to other ppl

But I fled bc fuck ass artists wanna dump their shit on us when I just wanted to have fun...

That last part is mean

I'm sorry, I don't mean it ...

But I just saw Marcille finally saving Falin

And I remember

How FUCKING LONG IT TOOK FOR MY WIFE AND I TO SAVE EACH OTHER

It's just been a fucking lot and

And I'm scared and I'm crying to just remember it now...

I don't want to relieve it I don't

I just

...

I don't want to see more people like me in pain...

I know that pain...

I'm still scared of it

Sometimes I get stuck inside my head

I get stuck with these feelings they're like scars that I keep scratching...

I am trying with everything in me to stop it

I want to breathe and I need to get out of myself and just live...

And for a long time now I've been so happy with my wife and I've loved myself so much

I want to think that it's slowly getting over

I want nothing else in my life to be as painful because I... Barely survived the last time

I'm stronger but I'm not invincible

I don't want it to be more

I've save Alesha

I've saved myself

I just want to breathe...

[oday-akram]

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"My Story: I Am Oday"

My name is Oday, I’m 19 years old, and I live in Gaza. These might seem like ordinary words to most people, but for me, they hold a much deeper story, one that is difficult to fully explain. Life here is not like life anywhere else. Every day is a new challenge, not just to survive but to hold on to hope in a place where hope often feels distant.

When I look back at my life, I realize I’ve grown up under the shadow of war. I can’t remember a day where I didn’t hear the sound of explosions or witness the aftermath of destruction. But I’ve learned to live with it—not because I want to, but because it’s become a part of my daily reality. Every morning, I wake up to familiar sounds, and despite everything, I try to find something beautiful in this world.

I don’t see myself as a victim; I see myself as a survivor. I live in a city under siege, and I watch how people here, like me, try to find their way despite all the obstacles. Every day, I step out of my house and try to find hope in the faces I pass. There is something about Gaza that forces you to stay strong, even when everything around you seems to be falling apart.

Writing has become my escape. When I write, I feel like I can express emotions in a way that nothing else can. I write about the pain we live through, about the friends we’ve lost, and about the dreams we try to hold onto even though the world around us keeps trying to take them away. I write because I don’t want to forget, and because I want the world to hear my story—the story of a young man from Gaza who dreams of a future like any other young person.

Sometimes I feel like I live in two worlds. One is the world I see every day, full of fear and uncertainty. The other is the world I carry inside me, full of hope and the dream of a better tomorrow. That dream may seem far away, but I hold onto it because I know life can’t continue like this forever.

Every time I watch the sunset over Gaza’s beach, I feel a small sense of peace. There is beauty in this place, despite all the pain, and there is strength in the people who live here, a strength you won’t find anywhere else. We live here to dream and to fight for a better life.

This is my story—my story as Oday, a young man from Gaza. It’s not just a story about war and destruction, but about hope and resistance, about holding onto a dream even when it feels like the whole world is against you.

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